Fence



No. 613,449. Patented Ndv. l, I898;

- J. m. KEITH.

FENCE.

QApplicationfiled Aug. 2, 1897. Renewed May 3, 1898.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES;-

PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE M. KEITH, OE MURRAY, IOWA.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,449, dated November 1, 1898. Application filed August 2, 1897. Renewed May 3, 1898. Serial No. 679,624. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JESSE M. KEITH, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Murray, in the county of Clarke and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Fence, of which the followingis a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved construction of fences in which barbed-wire pickets are combined with twisted-wire fence-strands, whereby I produce a fence which presents superior advantages with respect to efficiency in use. 7

My invention consists of a fence, or the wire portion therefor, comprising four or more twisted strands in combination with a series of twisted pickets carrying barbs, the twisted pickets carrying the barbs being arranged at right angles to the strands and woven within the twists of said strands and carrying barbs in their outer end portions as well as their body portions, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which the figure is an elevation of a section of my fence mounted as required for use.

In the construction of the fence, as shown, the numeral 10 designates one of the supportin g or fence posts, to which are attached horizontally in a common manner the strands 11, each of which strands comprises two wires smooth and plain in exterior appearance and twisted closely together. I prefer to employ at least four of the fence-strands, since by experiment and extensive use I have found a less number to be inefficient and unsatisfactory.

The numeral 12 is employed to designate each of the pickets, which are positioned at right angles to the strands 11 and woven between the individual wires forming the strands. Each of the pickets 12 is formed of two sections of desired dimension cut from a coil of wire and twisted together and barbs 14,mounted at regular distances of separation between and confined within the twists of said sections of wire. The barbs may be either two-point, as shown, or four-point, as desired. I make no claim in this connection to the manner of constructing any form of barbed fence-wire, nor do I claim the weaving of the barbs with one or the other of the individuals twisted together to form the picket. The barbs are so positioned and spaced apart relative to the spacing apart of the strands as that two of the barbs on each picket are between any pair of the strands and one barb on each picket is outside of the assemblage of strands above or below the same. In other words, the barbs are spaced apart regularly and the strands are so located in the lengths of the pickets as that each picket presents a barb on each end portion above and below the completed fence and two barbs between any two of the strands.

In practical use I have found the fence constructed as above described of great utility when used to confine swine, for the reason that in locating barbs in the endportions of the pickets outside the assemblage of strands the swine is prevented by the pricking of the barbs from climbing over or burrowing under or inserting his snout and lifting the fence.

It will be observed that the pickets are located relative to each other at less distances of separation than the strands are spaced apart, and I find such construction advantageous in preventing the material insertion of a snout or head between the strands, the animal so endeavorin g to insert his snout or head being deterred by the pricking of the barbs on the pickets between the pairs of strands.

My fence may be made on a loom and wound described and claimed in my United States Letters Patent No. 580,869, granted April 20, 1897, to which reference hereby is made.

I claim as my invention- 1. An improved fence, comprising approximately continuous strands each composed of two smooth wires twisted together, and pickets formed of lengths of wire twisted together and barbed between the strands and at the ends thereof outside the strands, which pickets are positioned at right angles to the strands and interposed between the individuals which twisted together form the strands and spaced apart less distances than the spaces separating the strands.

2. An improved fence fabric made in sections and adapted to be rolled into bales for transportation and handling, and comprising strand-wires twisted in pairs, wire pickets being provided with barbs outside of the uptwisted in pairs and interposed between the per and lower fence-strands. strand-wires at right angles thereto, and V sharp-pointed barbs mounted in and carried JESSE KEHH' 5 by the twisted pairs of pickets and located Vitncsses:

in pairs in the spaces separating the strands, O. IIINSEY, the end portions of the twisted pickets also J. H. MARTINDALE. 

